Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
PsUNDAY-sCHooL WORKERS.
|edings of the state Convention at
West Randolph.


Sunday -school association opened its meet
ing here last evening in the beautiful
church of the Christian denomination
which like the other churches of the viii
lage is centrally located and well appoint
ed The church was taxed to its utmost
capacity, when the exercises opened with
service of song conducted by Prof. Sher-
win of the Boston conservatory. At 7.30
| Rev. G. A. Smith, pastor of the Baptist
church at st. Adams, gave an interesting
address, taking for his subject RESCUE
and Scripture Work in Sunday-school
Teaching" He was followed by G. M.
Lamson of St. Johnsbury with a paper on
Books and the Art of Reading" DR..
Lamson is very forcible speaker and he
handled this important subject in a mas
| terly manner. 1t was very instructive
| throughout.
The session this morning opened with
devotional services conducted by Rev. r.
| c. Drisko OF Derby, followed by the ad
! dress of welcome by Rev. j. II. Pierce of
| the Baptist church to which response was
made by President Il. Is, Lord. Rev. u.
| II. Debevoise of Keene, n H., spoke on
| the work of the Sunday school.
| At 1l:3O William Reynolds of Peoria,
| Ill.,, chairman of the late international
convention addressed the meeting on con-
| Is,
giving many instances OF the work accom-
plished through this agency. He is a
very earnest and enthusiastic speaker
! One of the most interestint features of the
| morning service was report OF the recent
| international convention at Chicago,
given by Rev. w. 7. Peters Of the Chris
tan church of this place. Mr.. Peters is
an enthusiastic speaker, and his report
was interesting throughout
| The afternoon session opened with q
| song service under the leadership of Prof
| Sherwin, who also gave Il studied address
on "The Aim, Scope and Responsibilities
of Sunday School Work" which was di-
vided as follows: 1st. Not substitute for
home religious traing I'd. Not for preach
| ing.service. 3D.. Not a substitute for the
other religions meetings, OF the church.
The aim is: 1st. To bring souls to
Christ. I'd. To build souls in Christ. Sd.
Topromote general moral and religious
culture The scope: ANY one who needs
to know more of the word OF God or needs
to be brought to Christ or have Christian
character rounded out to funess is within
the scope of Sunday-school work. There
fore the responsibility of such work is
| upon the church. The address was listened
to attentively throughout. He was fol
| lowed by Rev. A. l.. Cooper of Springfield
en- How Shall We Secure Spiritual Pow
er in Sunday-school Work" Mr.. Cooper
! is a pleasing speaker and received the I'M
| divided attention of the convention.
The convention is largely attended, del
| egates being present from nearly every
section of the State. Judging from this
convention the Sunday-school interest in
our State is largely on the increase. A
| noticeable feature is the large number of
| laymen present, who are active business
men.
WEST RANDOLPH, Oct. 21.-The exercises
Thursday afternoon of the State Sunday
school convention was continued by an ad
dress on "TemperanceWork in the Sunday
| School," by Mrs. Mary E. Purple of Wood
stock, who, in well chosen words, made a
decided impression upon the audience.
She was followed by William Reynolds
| OF Peoria, ILL.,, who, in few words, told
how the international committee had been
prevailed upon to put in temperance
lesson, quarterly in the international series.
| The exercises were concluded with oues-
| ton drawer conducted by Prof. Sherwin.
The leader then by. special request told
| how he would conduct a teachers meet
| ing. He would vary the programme, but
always first of all find out what was up
| permost in each teachers mind concern
ing her class or any particular scholar
and then that matter would be discussed
or prayed for by the meeting.
The Christian church was found to be
| too small to accommodate the large gath
ering and so the evening meeting and
| those today were held at the Baptist
| church.
vice, Mr.. Hopkins OF Burlington singing
with thrilling effect. At the close of this
service Mr.. Reynolds gave talk to the
| teachers on Sowing the Seed" He was
followed by Rev. DR.. Halves of Burning
| ton, who gave an able discourse on "rhe
| Duties OF Parents and Teachers to Chill
| dren."
The devotional services Friday morning
were conducted by William Reynolds
after which came the annual business
| meeting.
The report of the secretary, Prof. w. A.
! Deering, gave an account of the work of
the association in the past year-showing
that 1t was growing finely in our State.
The treasurer's report showed the con.
dition of the treasury to be good.
The report Of the statistical secretary,
Rev. j. h. Babbitt, was full of interest.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President-Rev. j. A. Pierce of West
| Randolph.
Vice Presidents-Rev. n. w. Wilder of
Newbury, Rev. Moses Kidder of Wood
stock.
Corresponding secretary and treasurer
w. A. Deering of Burlington.
Recording secretary-Rev. j. II. Babbitt
of Swanton.
Assistant secretary-L II. Lewis of
Hyde Park.
Executive committee-Rev l.. O. Sher.
burne, of Swanton, Rev. w. f. Peters of
West Randolph, Rev. George A. Smith of
st. Adams, Rev j. l.. Sewell of Milton,
Rev. G. S. Perkins of Lyndon Centre.
Resolutions We're adopted that it was the
sense of the convention thatSunday schools
should endeavor to lead their members to
Christ and secure their growth in Chris
tian character, its emphatic approval of
the teaching of temperance to the young,
expressing its thanks to the officers of the
} convention, to the churches where it has
assembled and to the friends in, West
Randolph.
At 10 O'Clock Rev. j. l.. Sewell of Mil
ton gave a report of statistical work in
Chittenden county showing by charts the
number of schools and scholars in that
county. Mr.. Sewell has given much time
to this subject and his report and talk on
it was of much interest. Following Rev.
G. 5 Perkins of Lyndon gave an address
on Hearing and Teaching" and Rev. r.
Morgan read paper on The Master Use
of the Word " Both were attentiyely list